IMPROVED METHOD FOR STEREO VISION-BASED HUMAN DETECTION FOR A MOBILE ROBOT FOLLOWING A TARGET PERSON

Authors

  • Badar Ali NUST
  • Yasar Ayaz NUST
  • Mohsin Jamil NUST
  • Syed Omer Gilani NUST
  • Naveed Muhammad NUST

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7166/26-1-891

Keywords:

Human Detection, Human Tracking, Service Robot, Haar cascade classifier, Mean Shift, LK Optical Flow, Particle Filter, Kalman Filter, Stereo Vision

Abstract

Interaction between humans and robots is a fundamental need for assistive and service robots. Their ability to detect and track people is a basic requirement for interaction with human beings. This article presents a new approach to human detection and targeted person tracking by a mobile robot. Our work is based on earlier methods that used stereo vision-based tracking linked directly with Hu moment-based detection. The earlier technique was based on the assumption that only one person is present in the environment – the target person – and it was not able to handle more than this one person. In our novel method, we solved this problem by using the Haar-based human detection method, and included a target person selection step before initialising tracking. Furthermore, rather than linking the Kalman filter directly with human detection, we implemented the tracking method before the Kalman filter-based estimation. We used the Pioneer 3AT robot, equipped with stereo camera and sonars, as the test platform.

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Published

2015-05-08

How to Cite

Ali, B., Ayaz, Y., Jamil, M., Gilani, S. O., & Muhammad, N. (2015). IMPROVED METHOD FOR STEREO VISION-BASED HUMAN DETECTION FOR A MOBILE ROBOT FOLLOWING A TARGET PERSON. The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 26(1), 102–119. https://doi.org/10.7166/26-1-891

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General Articles